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US President Joe Biden will announce new air defense weapons for Ukraine during a visit by President Zelensky Friday, the White House says. "President Biden will announce a new package of military assistance today that includes significant air defense capabilities to help Ukraine," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says during a briefing. SOUNDBITE
"The United States does not have a biological weapons program. There are no Ukrainian biological weapons laboratories supported by the United States," US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells the Security Council, strongly rejecting Russia's claim of such activity. SOUNDBITE
The United Nations is "not aware" of any biological weapons program in Ukraine, a disarmament official says after Russia accused the United States of "military-biological activities" there and called for a UN probe. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says the United States will "have another announcement of immediate security assistance to announce next week" as part of its "long-term commitment to strengthening Ukraine's armed forces," during a briefing at the White House. SOUNDBITE
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announces a new tranche of weapons for Ukraine's forces fighting Russia, including ammunition for the increasingly important rocket launchers and artillery guns. SOUNDBITE
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urges allies to keep arming Ukraine and to ramp up sanctions against Russia, as the Group of Seven industrialised nations held talks in northern Germany on Friday. SOUNDBITE of Liz Truss, British Foreign Secretary
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